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NVIDIA is a computing company based in Santa Clara, California. The company was founded in 1993 by Jen-Husn-Huang, Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem. NVIDIA is known for its graphics chips which started with the RIVA, and later extended to the GeForce that has evolved to what most people know today. Desktop GPUs are split between GeForce (consumers) and Quadro+Tesla (Workstations) while mobile GPUs are integrated into the Tegra line of product.

02/17/2015, GRID is NVIDIA’s game streaming service that allows users to stream PC games on the SHIELD Portable and the SHIELD Tablet. NVIDIA has put in its own systems in place for this game streaming service which currently works only with the company’s...

02/11/2015, A few days ago we have heard the rumors that NVIDIA could be thinking about launching its second-gen NVIDIA Shield tablet which if the rumors are to be believed, could be powered by the company’s new Tegra X1 chipset. If you were skeptical when you...

02/06/2015, A couple of years ago, NVIDIA released the Shield handheld gaming console powered by Android, and last year they released another mobile gaming device in the form of the Shield tablet. Now given NVIDIA’s background in the gaming industry, we’re sure...

01/22/2015, NVIDIA has just launched its mid-range line of chips based on the company’s Maxwell Architecture. We have discussed Maxwell abundantly already, but if you missed it, it’s a graphics processor (GPU) architecture that doubled the Performance/Watt ratio...

01/05/2015, The CES 2015 NVIDIA Press conference was very different from past consumer products media events because there was very little gaming involved. The introduction of NVIDIA’s new Tegra X1 chip was a mere introduction to the company’s long-term emphasis...

01/05/2015, As it is customary for NVIDIA at this time of the year, it has announced a new mobile SoC called Tegra X1. While the announcement was not a surprise in itself, the performance of Tegra X1 was stunningly high and shows that NVIDIA remains one of the few...

01/03/2015, Gamers take notice, Acer has made some announcements that you might want to pay attention to. The company has announced Acer XB270HU which is the world’s first IPS gaming monitor with the NVIDIA G-Sync. Equipped with IPS technology it measures in at...

12/22/2014, Most of you guys have probably heard of Google’s Project Ara by now. For those who haven’t, this is an upcoming smartphone by Google that will feature modular components. What this means is that users will be able to swap out certain components...

11/27/2014, NVIDIA became probably the first Android tablet manufacturer to roll out the Android 5.0 Lollipop update as quickly as it did. The roll out of this update was announced on November 13th. By November 18th Lollipop had landed on the Shield tablet. However...

11/23/2014, While in the past the headlines would be about Samsung versus Apple in a patent dispute legal battle, things are changing as it now seems to focus on Samsung versus NVIDIA. You might recall that earlier this year NVIDIA filed a lawsuit against Samsung...

11/13/2014, While Motorola has kept to their word by rolling out Android 5.0 Lollipop extremely early (relatively speaking compared to the other smartphone manufacturers, of course) on their Moto G smartphones, not to mention the LG G3 too, being on the receiving end...

11/13/2014, Already operating in Beta until today, GRID is officially becoming an NVIDIA product and starting from Tuesday, Nov 18, all SHIELD and SHIELD Tablet device users will be able to connect and play PC streaming games for free, until July 2015. At that time,...

11/12/2014, Maybe a decade ago, console gaming could be thought of as superior to PC gaming. Back then to build a gaming PC rig would cost you much, much more than a console which was why buying and playing games on a console was a better idea. There was also the...

11/12/2014, A few months ago, NVIDIA sued Samsung over alleged patent infringement. Well now it looks like Samsung is suing NVIDIA back, except that it is about faking benchmark results in the comparison of the NVIDIA Tegra K1 chipset and the Samsung Exynos 5433, or...